Improvement in fastenings for buttons



J; J. MERVESP.

Fastening for Buttons.

No. l95,899. Patented Oct. 9, I877.

WITNESSES INVENTOR.

N.PETERS. FHOTOJJTHDGRAFHER. WASHINGTON 0 C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. MERVESP, OF DOBBS FERRY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,899, dated October 9, 1877; application filed February 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. MERVESP, of Dobbs Ferry, State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Buttons and Rivets or Eyelets for fastening them, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to construct a fastening for buttons, consisting of an eyelet or rivet covered externally with papenpulp suitably prepared.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the fastening applied to a but ton, and having a collet to conceal the burr of the rivet. Fig. 2 is the collet.

a is the button, the periphery of which is upset or turned by friction, which operation is performed by any of the ordinary methods, and has the eifect of giving to the button a thick and smooth appearance. b is a collet of conveXo-concave form, which is applied in the central depression in the button, and over the upset end of the eyelet or rivet, so as to con ceal the burred edge and give the button a neat and finished appearance. 0 is the rivet or eye let, having the head or base (1. This rivet is covered or coated externally with paper-pulp, which is prepared with some suitable cement to aid in keeping it firmly attached. It is also properly colored and embossed to give it the appearance of the fabric to which the button is attached.

When the button is to be attached to a garment, the eyelet or rivet is passed through the clothing in the usual manner, and the button is placed upon the eyelet or rivet, the collet being in the depression, when the Whole is moved to a suitable machine, which upsets the end ofthe rivet or eyelet, and secures the collet in the depression or recess in the button, and the Whole to the garment.

I am aware that it is not new to fold or turn over the edge of a button, or to use a collet in connection with a rivet or eyelet, and I do not claim such features, broadly; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of an eyelet or rivet, covered or coated with paper-pulp, with the button (I, having an upset or turned edge and central depression, and the collet I), all constructed substantially as and for the purpose specified.

JOHN J. MERVESP.

Witnesses HENRY ZIscHoFF, OHARLEs MYLINs. 

